Iuze Mukube A trial has remained at a standstill pending a revised psychiatric evaluation report, as the accused insists that proceedings should not continue until full disclosure has been provided to him. Making an appearance yesterday during a pre-trial conference, Theodor Shipanga told Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo that his trial is one without charges. ...
Iuze Mukube Former employees of Air Namibia, which ceased operations and was liquidated in 2021, handed a petition to the Supreme Court yesterday. The petition is requesting the Apex Court to either expedite an appeal application lodged by the airline liquidators or dismiss the case altogether. The appeal application was lodged by Air Namibia liquidators,...
Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute yesterday struck an application by the State that sought leave to appeal against the bail granted to Cornelius Cedric Willemse. Shivute found the time lapsed for the duration that the State was given to file its heads of argument. State advocate Basson Lilungwe indicated that due to...
Iuze Mukube A Mariental resident last Monday pleaded not guilty to the murder of Eldin Sylwester Fransman by stabbing him in the neck with a knife or a sharp object. The accused, Adam Isaack (29), tendered the plea of not guilty to the charges of murder and attempted robbery with aggravated circumstances in the Windhoek...
The Namibian Police in the Kavango West region intercepted a large consignment of cannabis during a stop-and-search operation at Nankudu village on Friday. In the process, two Angolan nationals were arrested. NamPol’s Kavango West regional commander, Commissioner Julia Sakuwa-Neo, said the Angolans, a 36-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman, were allegedly found in possession of...
Iuze Mukube A 40-year-old man, alleged to have been romantically involved with the woman discovered dead in her home in Otjomuise’s Extension 2 last Monday, made his first appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The accused, Geoffrey Jeff Kasume, a Kenyan national, was formally charged with a count of murder. The charge reads...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – Naomi Fisch, the woman at the centre of drug trafficking and money laundering allegations, was granted bail by Rehoboth Magistrate Wilka Amalwa on Wednesday. Fisch appeared alongside co-accused Steve Schneiders. They were earlier served with a preservation order from the Office of the Prosecutor General’s Asset Forfeiture Unit. Amalwa granted bail...
Iuze Mukube The contention that a magistrate selectively assessed evidence in the bail ruling that denied six individuals charged in connection with defrauding Namcor was raised yesterday during the bail appeal. Legal representatives argued that certain material facts were either overlooked or insufficiently considered. The appellants, Peter and Malakia Elindi, Immanuel Mulunga, Jennifer Hamukwaya, Olivia...
Iuze Mukube Two individuals have been arrested in connection with alleged corruption in the construction of the //Kharas Regional Office Park, a tender given to NDF company, August 26 Construction. One of the arrested individuals is the regional council’s acting chief regional officer, Ralph Namiluko Sachika. Sachika (50) and a co-accused, Lucia Jakob (35), were...
KATIMA MULILO – A 47-year-old man employed as a security guard at Katima Mulilo has allegedly committed suicide, the Namibian Police Force has reported. His body was found by colleagues on Monday morning with a gunshot wound to the head. The Namibian Police Force’s spokesperson and head of community policing in Zambezi, Chief Inspector Kisco...